Colchicaceae
Colchicum

Colchicum soboliferum (C.A.Mey.) Stef.

First published in Sborn. B'lghar. Akad. Nauk 22: 44 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Balkan Peninsula to Afghanistan. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Romania, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. [Cited as Merendera sobolifera.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Merendera sobolifera.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Persson, K. (1992). Flora Iranica 170: 1-40. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Persson, K. (2007). Nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Colchicum (Colchicaceae), with some new species and combinations. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 127: 165-242.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Netherlands Merendera sobolifera K:SPC-15184.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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